The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 20, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the’ Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government : the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879 EBRUARY 20,1926 qj» Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 192) :, at ri SATURDAY, Vol. Ill. No. 34. Subscription Rates: Ge Giicvco wy Sn Pe Te year. CONFERENCE FOR PROTECTION OF FO: 7 REPRESENTS MORE... 0 WORKERS (Special to The Daily orker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 18.—Announcements of delegation slections to the conference for the protection of foreign-born workers, called for this Sunday, February 21, 2 p. m., at Central Opera House, 67th St. and 3rd Ave., continue to pour in. The latest workers’ organizations to elect delegates and declare their solidarity with the fight for the protectioa of the foreign-born worker, are: Trade Union League 201; Workmen’s Sick and Death Benefit Branch No. 4; Furrier Cutters’ Local No. 1; Workmen’s Circle Branches 366 and 150; Williamsburg Pro- gressive Assn. Inc.; Dress Makers’ Local 22; Hotel Workers’ Branch of the Amalgamated+ Published Daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING Food Workers; Carpenters’ Lo- cal 376; International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Locals 38 and 45; Workers Party; Bakers’ Local 1; Amalgamated Food Workers’ Local 1. Other organizations who had previ- ously signified their intention to at- tend and elected delegates. include I. L. .G. W. U., Locals 22.and 82; Knit- good, Local 55; Cloak, Suit and Dress. Local 35; Sample makers, Local 3; Cloak and Suit Local; Bakers’ Local 3; Furrier, Local 5; Waterproof Gar- ment Workers; Shoe Workers’ Protec- tive Union, Locals 53 and 54; and Workingmen’s Circle Locals 155, 86 and 412, Great Masses Represented. The conference is already assured a representation of 200,000 workers, ‘This unparalleled mass rallying to the defense of the foreign born worker in the United States is due to the vicious nature of the Aswell bill for the finger printing, card-indexing and registration of the foreign born work- ers and for the deportation of any militant worker who happens to have been born in a foreign country and be fighting for American living standards in the United States. Me bill is a frightful menace to the foreign born because deportation to such countries as Italy, Hungary, Roumania, Bul- garia or Poland, or some of the others in which &he white terror reigns; is equivalent to death by torture in its most terrible form. The bill is also a menice to the American born . er since its real aim is to de’ government scab-herding apparatus for the compulsory conscription of foreign bovn labor in strikes and so on under the threat of deportation if any foreign born worker dares to join a strike of the American born. Fight For All Workers. Only the solidarity of American and foreign born workers’ organizations can prevent the passage of this bill and the development of a system of military industrial serfdom in the United States. The workers of N. Y. are showing a keener consciousness than ever before of the significance of this fight and the conference of Feb. 21, will be the beginning of a campaign not of mere defense of the interests of the foreign born, but an intensive campaign for the raising of the living standards of the American workers and the foreign born work- ers as well. Any organization that has not thus far elected delegates should hasten to do so. If there is no time for a meeting of your union, fraternal or- ganization or’ sub-section, see to it that your executive board chooses two delegates, makes out a credential signed by the secrétary, the organizer or both and forwards it to Pascal Cos- grove, temporary secretary of the or- ganization at 142 Livingston street, Brooklyn. Doctor Refuses to Operate on Mussolini LONDON, Feb, 18.—The illness’ of Premier Mussolini is causing an un- easiness in fascist circles. . A famous foreign surgeon was ap- proached with a view to operating on the premier, but declined to go to italy, M lini, on the ther hand, fears to 1 Italy. f a ll “Trade unions are the reservoir of ‘the ‘majority of th jally decisive part of the proletariat.”—C. |. Thesis. MORE PICKETS ARRESTED AT TEXTILE MILL| Bosses Cannot: Break Strikers’ Ranks (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. J., Feb, 18 — Frantic over the flat refusal by the United Front Committee of Textile Workers to fall for the proposal made by the mayor that the strikers go back to work pending a settlement of the dif- ferences between the workers and the bosses, the mill owners have institu- ted a new policy of persecution and extermination that has brought about the arrest of ten new victims, six of whom were taken to jail this morning for picketing before the gates of the Forstmann & Huffman mills. Instead of weakening after assaults like these the workers have become steeled and are making renewed ef- forts to get the workers who are still in the mills to join the 10,000 now out [to regain: thelr wi 2 is and a half for overtime and the es cognition of the union. Great Daily Meetings. That the bosses are sorry by this time that they tried a wage cut on the textile slaves is mofe and more evi- dent. All the forces’of the barons are marshalled to intimidate the-workers and all the lies so customary in labor struggles are again’ resorted to thru the papers and other spokesmen of the master class, Daily meetings ate being held to keep the strikers informed of the de- velopment of the strike, Col. John- ston, vice president of Botany mills, who is directing the fight against the strikers has attempted to put the label of “outsiders” on the active leaders of the strike. This is having no effect on the workers as is shown by the thousands attending the daily strike meetings. The picket line thrown arofind the Botany mills is still solid in spite of the attempts of the police to intimi- date the strikers by violence, Pangalos Arrests Opposition Party Members on Frame-up (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Feb. 18—Former Premier Papanastassiou of Greece, General Kondilis, and several other individu- als prominent in Greek affairs have been arrested by order of Prime Min- ister Pangalos. The reason given by Pangalos, the would-be Mussolini of Greece, was that these members of the opposition groups in Greek. legislative bodies had conspired to “assassinate” the Greek military dictator. Pangalos has carried on a reign of terror in Greece ‘against the Communists ‘and the workers’ trade unions ever since his accession to power, PAINTERS THREATEN TO STRIKE IN CLEVELAND FIRST OF MONTH . FOR BETTER WAGES AND HOURS CLEVELAND, O.,, Feb, 18.—The painters’ unions of Cleveland threaten to strike on March 1 unless they are granted a pay increase and the five-day week, Building operations have slackened somewhat this month, but still there is enough to warrant the painters going out to force the bosses to grant better terms. The men are earning $10 a day and/are working 5% days a week, They intend to force the employers to raise the pay to $11 and to grant the five-day week, There are many painters out others are forced to work at a job that is harmful to health, the painters are getting higher wages large cities the workers are offered higher wages than in Cleveland. Up to the present the master painters have not. answered the demands of the men. The unions, therefore, are preparing to strike—and: if they go out, building operations will be hampered, The men are ban coms and unquestiofiably will win the strike if they stop work, ; ve ’ of work, going round idle while the In 26 citie: than in Cleveland and in seven other Farmer - Laborites to partisan Bismarck farmer-labor party as the weapon of jthe farmers and workers of this state. It endorsed the lackeys of the repub- lican party for governor and for the U. &. senate, Sorli ively. form” some of the planks of the farm- er-labor party, evidently as a bait to the farmers. wow surprises nobody. pected and predicted by the farmer- laborites right along. However, about 20 per cent of the delegates to the convention, representing the strong- est league territory in the section of the state, fought and voted for the acceptance of the farmer-la- bor party. practically assured, sinte the dele- gates were handpicked by the Sorlie- Nye machine, most of whom are the beneficiaries of the Sorlie adminis- tration, ; to protect the interests of their pie- counter, mi the farmer-labor group in the conven- tion wag a matter of strategy. vention, Nye group, which is opposed to the farmer-labor party, because in prin- upon Scandinavian which great numbers of Scandinavi- ans still, in Minnesota. This faction controlled |h#8 no definjte report. the conyention. Sorlle group, led by Roy Frazier, also hostile to the farmer-labor party, The opposition of this faction was inspir- ed by the fact that while Frazier was Instrumental in throwing the nomina- tion for the govetnorship, two years ago, to Sorlie, after his election, Sor- lie Therefore, his resentment toward Sor- lie is purely personal and contains no political significance, of an element being devoid of prin- ciples and of honor, can always be fixed by the highest bidder. / labor one. Ralph Ingerson and Dad Walker, both stand, ders of the league days mr it meant somethi farmers delegates: foghe conventionnand it was & strugsievof over three weeks, ¢ ~ BE CHALLENGED Have Ticket By JOHN GABRIEL SOLTIS. ASpecial to The Daily Worker) FARGO, N. D., Feb. 18—The non- league convention held at last week, rejected the and Nye respect- into its “plat- It incorpo: This action on the part of that pow- It was ex- western The outcome of the convention was Naturally, they were on hand ter. The participation of Three factions took part in the con- The first was the Sorlie- believes in the parties of Its’ propaganda is based nationalism, to gling both in ¢his state and The second faction was the anti- fused to pass any pie to Frazier, This. kind A Fighting Minority. The third faction was the farmer- It was led by Senator of whom are dirt farmers, and out in the is to the of this state. .They had 18 Preys Upon the Poor Farmers. Sertbaponaen SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 18 — The Studebaker Motor company is importing workers here from differ- ent distant cities while at the same time thousands of workers, who have large families and have lived here many years, are walking the streets looking for a chance to go to work, The company laid off a number of men and has imported men to take their places. When one worker asked a fore- men for a chance to go to work, the foreman answered: “I can not do a thing for you. The company is ship- ping in men from other cities that are half-starved and are willing to work for low wages. You fellows want too much.” Beat Then Up for King and Country, Demands Australian Fascist SYDNEY, Australia—(By Mail)— Captain J. O, Hatcher, Victorian com- mander of the British fascists in this country, has issued a public appeal, urging that his:fellow-ruffians “stand fast, be fearless, and fight the good fight for god, king and country.” The circular continues: “Remember ithat the fascisti is a semi-military dwdy. Before we can have an army to take the field against Communism ahd empire-breakers, we must first fill the ranks with neces- sary recruits. Since Bolshevik venom was belched fovth on the domain and in the house ofithe legislative assem- bly, and by certain members of both parties during: the race for position of one of *the professional member's seats, there have been established 28 new branches im Melbourne and sub- urbs alone; 20 ‘branches in Victoria, eight in Queensland, four in West Australia, two 4n South Australia, and two in Tasmania, New South Wales Ee chis faction that furnished all the fire works. It was splendidly directed and its maneuvers were flawless, An attempt was made by the Sor- lie forces to buy out the leadership of the farmer-laborftes. The bribe came in the form of offering Senator Ralph Ingerson the nomination on the republican ticket, the commission- ership of agriculture, Ingerson indig- nantly turned down this bribe. T can say on the best of authority that a complete farmerdabor ticket will be put in the field. Also a can- didate for the U, 8, senate will be put in the runing. The league con- vention has sownded the death knell of the remnanw of that organization, The fakers stand uncovered before the masses of farmers today. The farmer-labor forces were galvanize. by the convention. A farmer-labo: convention will be held shortly to pu ‘a ticket im the fleld, | ERY TO FORCE |) MELLON TRUST INVESTIGATION Fear Anothers Scandal Series Like 1924 (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 — The old anti-administration coatition of demo- crats and insurgents resumed the war path in the senate today in a drive to force a senatorial investigation of the Mellon-owned aluminum company of America. While apparently unable to block the aluminum investigation, satan. tration leaders quietly laid plans to prevent a recurrence of the invyesti- gations of 1924, which ended only after two republican cabintt officers were forced into retirement. The reg- ular republicans rallied around a new “declaration of policy” under which all resolutions proposing senatorial inquiries, would have to be approved first by a standing committee of the senate, Standing committees usually are dominated by” administration forces, and thus republican leaders would be able to check any extended series of investigations, “** Cummins to Rescue. WASHINGTON, D:'@., Feb. 18 — Charging the proposed senatorial in- vestigation of the aluminum company of America would be a direct violation of the constitution, Senator Cummins, republican of Iowa, ‘chairman of the senate judiciary committee, today filed a minority report declaring the senate was without authority to re- view acts of the department of justice. Cummins announced that the de- partment of justice had found the Mellon concern not gtiflty of any viola- tion of law, He warned the senate that the authorization of the alu- minum inquiry would be the first step toward overthrowing the present sys- tem of government. Bulgarian Unions See Need for Unity SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 18—Tho tend- ency for unity in the Bulgarian trade union movement is strongly seen in the organ of the independent trad unions, Edinstwo (Unity) which pub- lishes a declaration of the independ- ent trade unions expressing their readin to take up again the inter- rupted. discussions with the free trade unions. The question of the trade union unity is also discussed in the so¢fal-democratic organ, Narod, jt to your shop to our arguments for your--when tng en their eo) he DAILY ‘to your sho NEW YORK EDITION THE DAILY WORKER 3 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Price 3 Cents cO., 111 RICH MANUFACTURERS TAKE UP LEWIS SLOGANS IN FIGHT AGAINST 12,000 FUR WORKERS ON STRIKE By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 18.—John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, raised the issue of Communism on Tuesday, at Scranton, ‘to put over his treasonable “Black Fri- day” agreement with the mine owners. Today the rich fur manufacturers of New York City are screaming “Communism” thru every instrument at their dis- posal, including the kept press, in an effort to cloud the issues in the struggle that has called 12,000 fur workers into battle with *these avaricious employers. Here in New York the militants are n control of the Fur Workers’ Union. it was the militants who led the fight against Lewis’ traitorous five year contract. It is therefore easy to see why Lewis in the coal fields and the Associated Fur Manufacturers’ in the nations’ metropolis resort to the same PURCELL SAYS U.S. LABOR ON 1 tactics in order to achieve their own b purposes, WRONG TRACK Raise Fake issue. The fur barons charge, for in- itunes stance, that the pickets of the Fur Workers’ Union are not fur workers, Amazed at B. & 0. Plan but members of the Workers (Com- munist) Party of all trades, also some sluggers, . . . and Disunity The union challenges the bosses to LONDON—(FP)—“British labor, so |™ake an investigation of the make up far as I can see, has little to learn }°f the “committee gf 1,000” pickets. from its American comrades,” sdys|it points out that the meetings of Pres. A. A, Purcell of the Intl. Fed-|these pickets have been thrown open eration of Trade Unions and British |‘o the press. fraternal to the 1925 American Fed-} It is brought to the attention of the eration of Labor convention in Atlan-| bosses that no pickets were used ‘ie City. “After the convention 1}during the first two days of the strike, went to Mexico and on my way ‘back |of the challenges hurled at the fur I addressed 15 meetings in American |¥et all the workers responded. Some cities. Everywhere I told the story |>arons are as follows. x Freiheit Lodge No. 337 of the Inter- national Association of Machinists at its last meeting passed a resolutien denouncing the conviction of the eight Zeigler miners as a frame-up on the part of :the coal operators and. the ku klux klan and calls upon Frank Farrington, »president of the Illinois | district of the United Mine Workers, and the United Mine Workers of America to use all thetr resources to- wards the defense of the Zeigler Horthy Forgers Try to miners and the local pledges to do all it possibly can to. prevent the rail- Cover Tracks by Murder roading of the Zeigler. miners to}, prison, of the struggle for trade union unity. Expose Propaganda. Everywhere the rank and file respond-| First—If the union will not use ed heartily to the appeal. * (Continued on page 3) “Officially though, the American la- bo# movement has started right away 4 , on another route—quite different from |" OPENSHOP L ours, The Americans are trying the policy of permeating or boring within capitalism. «They plan to buy up CAL S U N | 0 N § the machinery of production by in- vesting through savings banks and investment companies. I have a book OMB-THROWERS Aa a Harvard professor in which J a the whole plan is éxplained. ? } pep gram Gee ga Scab Leaders’ Frame-up it does not sound right to me though, With us there is an impres- Falls Flat sion that we cannot hope to gain through schemes proposed by the cap-| CLEVELAND, Feb. 18.—William F. talists.. The American slogan seems | Long, secretary of the American plan to be: ‘We take a step in advance |association, the open shop organisa- when we get into the picture with the|tion of the employers, recently suf- capitalists,’,, We are moving right|fered the “loss” of his home thru fire, away from that viewpoint in Britain.”|The loss was. fully covered by insur- Purcell then discussed amalgamation]ance. Long immediately rushed into of craft into industrial unions. “We print to declare that “union labor had regard it as part of our everyday job,” | caused his house to be burned.” He he said. “We are amalgamating con-|declates that about a week ago, a stantly. The thing that impressed me } business agent of the carpenters’ un- in the United States. was the way in|!on approached the men on the job which they cling to their multiplicity }40d tried to get them to join the un- of little organizations. Their present} ‘on. The men refused to join. Last policy seems to be taking them|Friday at 5 o’clock the men left their farther in that direction. Look at the|Job, and at 6:45 the house was seen B. & O. plan for example. As far as|!m flames. I can see, that will take them back to] What better inference than that un- dealing between the employers and|!on men destroyed the house? That the workers in a single shop. It is a] 8 the smug and easy deduction of the recession.” open shoppers. But they were proper- British Employ Solidarity, ly answered by the union. “The The result of this situation is evi-|0use was covered by insurance. Is it dent enough, according to Purcell.}20t @ plausible inference that Mr. (Continued on page 2.) Long was interested in getting his . insurance, and had the house set on < < 7 fire?” Chicago Unions Aid mill’, Oe” Shopper Stunt es ° . is is the old trick of.the open Zeigler Miners Fight shoppers and all enemies of labor. Operators and Klan/| Tey engage thugs and gunmen to make “an attempt” on the life of some employer, and then attribute it to or- ganized labor. They have these same thugs place sticks of dynamite at convenient places, and put the blame at the door of’ strikers or trade un- ionists, The trick is old, and the American plan association had better employ some better brains if they wish to (Continued on page 6) (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, . Feb, 18.—A plot to as- sassinate Deputy Vaszonyi, member of the parliamentary opposition, hag been frustrated in Budapest, accord- ing to a central news dispatch, The report states that the assassination plot was an outgrowth of the recent forgery, & spandels in Hungary. ev H Woodecarvers Vote per Capita-Tax Local Ghicago International Wood- carvers’ Association have elected a delegate to the Intertiational Labor Defense and have voted a per capita tax td aid the defense of the framéd- up Zeigler miner OVIET RUSSIA IS ADMITTED TO AGRICULTURAL UNION OF UNITED ~ STATES, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb, 18—Soviet Russia was formally admitted today to an agricultural union established by farm representatives of the United Canada and Australia at the closing sessions of the international it pool conference here. “Agricultural recognition” of Russia by grain-growers will be a factor in speeding the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Soviet government, D. P. Pavov, of Moscow, delegate of the Soviet Union, declared. ~ 4 ‘ ; * . | j | eS eee